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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the birth of his daughter, McCall gives in to pressure to do what?

2. To whom is McCall married and they agree to remain so despite problems, according to McCall in Chapter 38?

3. In Chapter 30, McCall begins to connect with whom but then this person has to move?

4. The couple McCall befriends in Chapter 37 will soon be going to what country?

5. What is McCall's biological father's name?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does McCall see his grandchild as a another cycle of life?

2. What happens in Chapter 40 when McCall is challenged by another driver?

3. In Chapter 35, how is McCall fitting into the mainstream?

4. What does McCall like about Islam according to Chapter 26?

5. Why does McCall feel he is bringing another child into a world of pain and strife (Chapter 32)?

6. Why is McCall now afraid of the people with whom he was once so comfortable?

7. What does McCall say about drugs and the young black man in Chapter 40?

8. Why do Debbie and McCall work on staying married?

9. How does McCall's decision to do the right thing and not worry about what people think about him in Part II illustrate McCall's growth and maturity?

10. How does McCall's relationship with his son, Monroe, compare to McCall's relationship with his biological father as described in Chapter 30?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How does McCall's driving around and never finding his friends serve as an analogy of his life up to this point? Be specific and support with details from McCall's life up to this point.

Essay Topic 2

In Chapter 34, McCall talks about the pressure not to marry Debbie and his idea that the marriage will legitimize things. Explain circumstances. Discuss how the the pressure to not marry and McCall's perception of "legitimization" compare to McCall's decisions in earlier years on the streets and in the prison.

Essay Topic 3

In the end of the book, McCall observes, with fear, the younger men on the block at his old hang out, the 7-Eleven. As a young black man growing up in urban America, McCall's every experience has been different or at the very least tainted by racism or misguided rites of passage. His fear of another man's rage has him easing back into his car and leaving the block. Using his story as your guide, explain how McCall's thoughts during this instance would be perceived as a betrayal by some (whom) but as maturity, growth by others (whom).

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